[slinkelist] IR on WinCE box

[Cunningham, Neil]

I have also tried the palm solution and was less than pleased with it.  I
was hoping the same thing could be done on a CE box.  The ability to have vb
& vc apps run on it would allow for a much "cooler" interface not to mention
a color one at that.  I did find a link for ir remote on a ce box but the
site was mostly in Japanese so it was hard to get much info.


Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: Vann Knight [mailto:vannknight@swbell.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 9:00 AM
To: gtang@gtcons.com; 'Cunningham, Neil'; slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] IR on WinCE box


I have both a Palm and a Pronto... don't use the Palm to control much. It
was a novelty but wore off quickly.

It is true that the IR on the PalmIII devices is too week to control much.
For some reason the upgrade to some of the older palms (which included an
new back with an IR port) have a much stronger IR signal.

I also agree with George's statement that the lack of capability to add
devices by merging in devices created by someone else is a major shortcoming
for OmniRemote. They have been promising this capability for over a year.

Vann


> -----Original Message-----
> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com
> [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> Behalf Of Tang, George
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:17 AM
> To: Cunningham, Neil; slinkelist@nirvis.com
> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] IR on WinCE box
>
>
> Go to http://download.cnet.com/downloads and select
> WindowsCE.  Then do a
> search on "remote control".
>
> OmniRemote by http://www.pacificneotek.com is designed for
> the PalmIII-PalmV
> handhelds.  However, none of which are designed like the
> Pronto with the CCF
> file merging capabilities.  These apps simply turns the
> handhelds into a
> glorified learning remote.  The advantage is that they do have the
> capability to create custom screens.  I'm not sure about any
> of the Pocket
> PC (Microsoft's new term for the latest version of WinCE)
> devices, but as
> for the Palm handhelds, the internal Ir is too weak (2-7 feet
> range) and too
> narrow (5 degree range) for remote control applications.
> However, Tech
> Center Labs' (http://members.aol.com/talestuff/) Ir Blaster
> is designed to
> be used with Palm handhelds and OmniRemote.  Ir Blaster is an
> external Ir
> attached to the hotsync port which quadruples the Ir range
> and width so that
> it can be used for remote control applications.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -George
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com
[mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
Behalf Of Cunningham, Neil
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 6:29 PM
To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'
Subject: [slinkelist] IR on WinCE box


Does anyone know if it's possible to send remote control ir signals via the
ir port on a pocket pc running WinCE 3?  (i.e. turn one of the new pocket
pc's into a color pronto) :)


Thanks,
Neil


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